that last code makes no sense at all and i cant find any pattern in it however it does work very good job on finding somethin that works now if we could just find out the pattern u would b a millionaire! or mayb just a person that gets credit for a new code

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Lol!! It's not...I found the pattern in this puzzle book thing, but the book I thought it was in wasn't...basically, I forget where I found it...but anyway, for my 101 x 101 magic square, I was working on it during math once (let me tell you, that's A LOT of graph paper...), and the teacher was talking about our cheat sheets that we could have for the test, and he said 1 page, but a normal sized page, not like mine...lol and I kept protesting that it wasn't a cheat sheet...stupid math teacher that has a sense of humor....

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I've been trying lol, and I may be on the way to figuring it out, unfortunately I lost the 4 x 4 magic square my friend gave me (from this puzzle calendar thing), so now I'm just trying to recreate it...

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hi,

The method u suggested does not work for 3x3 squares. and needs to be verified for others. Here is another way:

1. start from the middle of the top row.

_ 1 _
_ _ _
_ _ _

2. Go towards north-east of the square. If u cross a boudary jump to the other end.

_ 1 _
_ _ _
_ _ 2

3. Continue step 2.

_ 1 _
3 _ _
_ _ 2

4. If the process is blocked by an already filled square/ or there is no column/row to jump across , then place the no. just below the current one.

_ 1 _
3 _ _
4 _ 2

_ 1 _
3 5 _
4_ 2

_ 1 6
3 5 _
4 _ 2

_ 1 6
3 5 7
4 _ 2

8 1 6
3 5 7
4 _ 2

8 1 6
3 5 7
4 9 2

This magic square adds up to 15 in all directions. So there is a pattern after all.
If I remember this problem can be found in some books of computer science for design and analysis of algorithms. I remember studying it some time back.

I might not have been very clear, but this works for all squares of odd numbered boxes. Post ur queries in case of any clarifications.

Cheers.

 

 

 

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O_o

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Ooh! I love magic squares! That's some zesty info you have there!

What fun.

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These come very much handy when you are taking precalculus and calculus for various reasons. I am not entirely sure why they work out that way, but they allow scientists to understand wavelengths and the like.

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Really? That's cool...although I'm in precalc now, and we haven't used these at all. I dunno, maybe we will later this year (or maybe we did and I just completely missed it).

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